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Re: In seach of a definition
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Beryl Rosenthal <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 May 2007 10:00:28 -0400
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We don't use the term, because "education" seems to imply K-12, and  
frankly, aren't all our offerings educational???  We just talk about  
programming, with the prefix "adult", "school", "family", etc.
Beryl
On May 23, 2007, at 10:47 PM, Victoria Smith wrote:

> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology  
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> institutions.
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> I am writing a survey for science museum education departments for my
> masters thesis project. One of the questions asks about adult museum
> programming. It was suggested to me that "educational programming"  
> was a bit
> ambiguous (it could mean anything from exhibit interpretive labels
> to lectures, or classes) and that it requires a definition.  To me,
> "educational programming" means classes, lectures, workshops,  
> tours, trips,
> films, training sessions for teachers and docents.  How would you  
> define
> "educational programming"?
>
> Cheers,
> Victoria
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Beryl Rosenthal
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